Flushing container for car lavatories



Jan. 6. 25' J.'SMITH, JR, ET AL FLUSHING CONTAINER FOR CAR LAVATORIESFiled Feb. 1 8,' 1920 4 Patented Jan. 6, 1925.,

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r g l i JOE SMITH, .13., AND ALFRED w. Davis, or JACKSONVILLE, rnoa rnn.

FLUSHING- CONTAINER FOB CAB LAVATORIES.

Application filed February 18, 1920. Serial No. 359,845.

To all whom 7125 may concern:

Be it known that we, J on SMITH, J1'., and ALFRED l/V. DAVIS, citizensof the United States, residing at Jacksonville, in the county of Duvaland State of Florida, have .invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flushing Containers for Car Lava tories; and we do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved lavatory for use in connectionwith a car of the railway day coach or Pullman type and one object ofthe invention is to provide a lavatory so constructed that a receptacleforming part of the same may be left open for immediate drainage whenthe train is under way and which may be closed when the train isapproaching a station or still within the yard limits.

At the present time it is customary for the train porter to lock thedoors of the wash rooms when the train is approaching the station and toleave them locked until the train has left the station and passed out ofthe yard limits. This causes a great deal of inconvenience.

With this improved device the receptacle may be closed at the outlet andthen partially flooded and it will not be necessary to lock the doors ofthe wash room due to the fact that any drainage from the wash room willbe held in the receptacle and the receptacle will not be drained untilthe train has passed out of the yard limits.

This device is further soconstruoted that the closure of the receptaclemay be operated either from the wash room or from a point outside thewash room.

This invention is illustrated in the accom; panying drawing, wherein:

The figure shows my improvement in side ply of a cleansing medium to thereceptacle.

This receptacle is comparatively large and it will thus be seen thatatrain may remain in a station for a relatively long length of timewithout it being necessary to empty the receptacle.

In order that the outlet or discharge pipe 23, when the train isapproaching a station, may be closed, a stopper 25 has been providedwhich is operable by an arm or lever 26 adapted to be locked in itsdifferent positions to a quadrant 42.

Said stopper 25 may be carried by a short rod 25 operable on an inclinedplane through suitable guide'bearings 26 formed on suspending arms 26depending from the flooring 11 to either side of the lever 26. A slidingpin and slot connection 26 is formed between the lower end of thedepending lever 26 andthe rod 25 for the stopper 25, whereby the stopper25 may be readily moved toward or away from the outlet or discharge pipe23.

hen in use the device is assembled as shown with the receptacle 19positioned beneath the car and between the trucks. When a train istravelling from one station to another along the track the plug orstopper will be in the position shown thus permitting free passagethrough and out of the receptacle 19. When the train is approaching astation the stopper or plug will be moved to close the outlet pipe 23through the use of lever 26. As this receptacle will hold from ten tofifty gallons according to the size of the receptacle it will readily beseen'that the receptacle may be kept closed for a comparatively longlength of time and therefore it will not be necessary to close the washrooms while the train is in the sta tion. Waste water from the wash roomwill flow through the pipe 18 into the re? ceptacle and will be retainedtherein until the train has left the station and the porter thenreleases the stopper or plug to permit the same to be moved to an openposition.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided a lavatoryconstruction for use upon trains which will be very etlicient inoperation and simple in construction.

WVh-at is claimed is:

A car lavatory apparatus including a collecting receptacle having anoiiset exteriorly free outlet pipe adapted for connection of a meansthereto to supply a cleansing me dium, the bottom of said receptacle andsaid pipe being substantially similarly inclined, means adapted tosecure said receptacle to and below the floor oi the car, a stopper toclose said outlet pipe, a rod carrying said stopper, said rod andstopper being inclined similarly to said outlet pipe, means independentof said receptacle and first named means for slidably mounting said rodto permit the stopper to be axially moved into and out of closingrelation with respect to said outlet pipe.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOE SMITH, JR. ALFRED W. DAVIS. Witnesses FRED B. NOBLE, HERBERT S.SAWYER.

